Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in sealert's fix_lookup_id Function

CVE-2016-4445 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The fix_lookup_id function in sealert in setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as root by triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, related to executing external commands with the commands.getstatusoutput function.

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